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Take a Break from Figuring Our Dinner with Home Chef I love being a stay at home wife and mother. It has afforded me the opportunity to stay home with my kids and experience all the memories I didn’t want to miss. As much and I love my family, being a homemaker can be challenging….

This post brought to you by Manwich. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Nicki’s Random Musings. Easy Dinner Options with Manwich The weather around here has been unseasonably warm, leaving me craving for time outside instead of being in the kitchen. On days when I’m looking for delicious meals for dinner that…

Easy After School Snacks Created with NESTLÉ® NESQUIK® Powder This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #StirImagination #CollectiveBias Growing up in Trinidad as a little girl, I remember my mother making us chocolate milk with NESTLÉ® NESQUIK® Powder. It was always a delicious treat, and she would…

Get Ready for Back to School with Giant Eagle This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BackToSchoolSimple #CollectiveBias We are in full back to school mode at my house, the kids have about three weeks left of summer vacation then it’s back to school for…

Getting Ready for Summer Grilling Season at Giant Eagle This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SummerOfGrilling #CollectiveBias My husband loves when it starts to get warm outside, that meas grilling season for him. It’s his favorite time of the year and all he likes to…

Trinidad Coconut Roll Recipe Growing up in Trinidad we didn’t buy much candies. It just wasn’t in our family’s budget to get expensive candies. One thing I remember growing up there is the number of sweets my mom used to bake for us every week. My dad however was always planting all kinds of fruit…

Creative Marshmallow Recipes During special occasions, it is a good idea to concoct innovative recipes to make eating time more festive. Two recipes that will please the whole family are: homemade marshmallows with chocolate sauce and BBQ marshmallows with raspberry sauce. Marshmallows, chocolates and raspberries are prime favorite treats so the desserts will be a…

Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies Giant Foods sent me a package of their limited edition peppermint flavored items. Included in my mailer was a package of double filled peppermint sandwich cream cookies, a box of peppermint whoppie pie mix and a pack of peppermint bark. I was so excited about the box of peppermint goodies I…

Easy Homemade Biscuits with Sawmill Gravy My daughter recently started asking me about learning to cook and making dinner with me. She’s eight so it’s time she start learning survival skills like being able to cook meals for herself. I love cooking with kids and there are so many creative ways you can get kids…

Get Ready for Tailgating With Rubbermaid Products Football season is already upon on us. I know this not because I’m a huge football fan but because my husband lives for this time of year. He’s a fan of both college and professional football so anytime the season is coming up he warns us that he’ll…

The Mission to Please: My Mission BBQ Experience As a southerner the word barbeque is a phrase that can be associated with other words like air, water, and survival. Born in and raised in Oklahoma and having Alabama, Georgia, and Florida roots BBQ’s are a daily occurrence at home. Some much so that I did…

Great Grains Cherry Crunch Parfait Summer always leads me to find creative ways to feed my family. It’s so hot some days that cooking is out of the question. Plus the kids are off from school so I want to make sure whatever I make for family is delicious but easy as well. During the…

Bacon Blue Cheese Burger Sliders Summer is not summer without some grilling. Apartment living can make that challenging at times but we try to get out to the park to grill as much as we can. For the days when we can’t make it outdoors we end up using my T-Fal OptiGrill for all our…

Summer Berries Fruit Salad One of my favorites things about summer is the good prices on all the berries. During the summer months you get the best sale prices on Strawberries, Blueberries and other summer season berries. When our family when to the beach for Memorial day and to celebrate two of our son’s birthday’s…

15 Tequila Recipes to Try this Summer Summer is in full swing and while some people don’t like cooking as much in the summer months I like being able to break out my grill. It’s an electric indoor grill but we also head outdoors to the local park or my parents house when we have…

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My name is Nickida, a happily married mother for four amazing children living in Baltimore and sharing about family life, having a child with Autism, travel, entertainment, recipes, local events, and technology.